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Arkhanes: Tholos C

PK	C6297
TITLE	Arkhanes: Tholos C
WGS84	35.245032° N, 25.158822° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.245032, 25.158822
LON/LAT	25.158822, 35.245032

DMS

35° 14' 42.1152" N

25° 9' 31.7592" E

W3W	rail, discharges, democracies
UTM	35 S, 332482, 3901770
EGSA87	605282, 3900543

Elevation m	430
Elevation feet	1410.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Temenos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Myers et al. [1992], 56    'Tholos Tomb Gamma (Building 10)(south part); ...'
2.    Tomb.   Goodison and Guarita [2005], 171    'The Mesara-type tombs are circular stone-built structures a number of which show traces of an original corbelled 'tholos' roof.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 180, 'Dating: EMIII;'
    b.    Myers et al. [1992]: 56, 'EM III Tholos Tomb Gamma ... '

2. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 180, ' ...; (Building 9) MMIA -?B.'

3. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 180, ' ...; (Building 9) MMIA -?B.'

4. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 180, ' ... (Re-use of tomb in LMIIIA2-B).'

5. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Goodison and Guarita [2005]: 180, ' ... (Re-use of tomb in LMIIIA2-B).'

NOTE

1. In Myers et al. [1992] see the ground plan drawing on p. 54.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Goodison and Guarita [2005]: Goodison, Lucy and Carlos Guarita. ‘A New Catalogue of the Mesara-Type Tombs’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici [47], pp. 171-212, 2005, '4. Arkhanes C', pg. 179. Online here.

2. Myers et al. [1992]: Myers, J. Wilson and Eleanor Emlen Myers, Gerald Cadogan. The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles. United States of America. 1992., 'V. Excavation History', pg. 56.